Robert Levi

Granted a full scholarship, he then went on to pursue a bachelor's degree in economics and play lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University, where he received his diploma in 1936.

Later, Levi joined the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company, serving as chairman of the banks executive committee until retiring in 1985.

He led the Sinai Hospital Building campaign in the 1950s, served as a trustee of [Goucher College], acted as treasurer and trustee of the Walters Art Museum, directed Associated Jewish Charities, and headed the Federal City Council and the National Capital Downtown Committee in Washington, D.C.[2] In 1972, along with the leaders of four other major banks in Baltimore, Levi co-founded the Baltimore Community Foundation.

[5] Levi was also an active part of the Greater Baltimore Committee, which worked to revitalize the city through projects such as the Inner Harbor, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and the Jones Falls Expressway.

The garden highlights pieces from the second half of the twentieth-century including works by Louise Nevelson, Joan Miró, George Rickey, and Alexander Calder[5] Jose de Rivera, Jim Dine, Ellsworth Kelly, Isamu Noguchi, and Scott Burton.